On Voting Day, A YU Ideas Discussion 黑料社 Power, Politics and Leadership
Nov 10, 2019 By: yunews
On Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, which coincided with voting day in New York City and in many places throughout the United States, Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt (instructor at and the Life/Features editor at the Forward), Rabbi Menachem Genack (Rosh Yeshiva at and CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division) and Dr. Sharon Poczter (associate professor and chair of the strategy and entrepreneurship department at ) came together for a discussion, moderated by Rabbi Daniel Sherman of the West Side Institutional Synagogue (a sponsor of the event), on the interplay among politics, industry, leadership and faith titled 鈥淧ower, Politics and Leading a Nation.鈥
(l-r): Dr. Sharon Poczter, Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Daniel Sherman
An audience of close to two dozen people at the JCC Manhattan (another sponsor of the event) listened attentively as Rabbi Sherman guided the conversation with incisive questions about Jewish political influence, the overlap (if any) of business and political leadership skills, the tension between democracy and capitalism, solutions to anti-Semitism, the effect of gender expectations on leadership and whether such a thing as a Jewish voice and Jewish community exists.
Notable quotes from the evening:
Dr. Sharon Poczter on leadership: 鈥淲e can all have opinions about any idea, but it is crucial when discussing and trying to put policies into effect that we have a diversity of voices which also have the skills needed to speak with intelligence and clarity.鈥
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt on journalism: 鈥淢y role is to not make a decision about whether something is right or wrong but to hold up a mirror and bring the issues into the public conversation and do so with accuracy, truth and compassion.鈥
Rabbi Menachem Genack on American society: 鈥淚t is good that we live in the democracy that we live in, especially if we vote whenever we have the chance. I am very optimistic about American prospects.鈥
The event grew out of , a project of the Office of the Provost directed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, senior adviser to the Provost. Explore the online version of 鈥淧ower, Politics and Leading a Nation.鈥
(l-r): Dr. Sharon Poczter, Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt, Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rabbi Daniel Sherman
The event grew out of , a project of the Office of the Provost directed by Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, senior adviser to the Provost. Explore the online version of 鈥淧ower, Politics and Leading a Nation.鈥
